In this article Solange Lefebvre discusses research from on Commissions in on cultural and religious diversity, such as the CORAB, in several contexts and reflects on the challenges in running these commissions and compiling the reports.

Following the publication of the CORAB report, ‘A Secularist Response’ was released critical of the report. Here Jonathan Chaplin responds to this criticism, suggesting where future debate about the role of religion in public life might start.